americans have exactly the government they deserve?

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The problem is not one of government, but of society.

The Founding Fathers limited voting rights only to those who owned land....as it should be. They rationalized that those most impacted by government's actions are the ones who should have the most say.

Now, anyone can vote, and as it's been observed, a democratic process falls apart once the masses realize they can vote themselves largess from the state treasury....then it's all about voting for the person who promises the biggest part of the government pie.

The government was only supposed to be in session for a couple of weeks a year. Now it's a full time job, and not because the job got tougher, but because we allowed it to grow itself in ways the Founding Fathers expressly prohibited.

The strength of what we were handed depended on individual responsibility and a desire to manage our own affairs. As we got lazier and wanted someone else to do it for us, the bigger government got, and the more corrupt it got.

To be fair, this same process happens to pretty much every from of government in time.

The tax reform that removed loopholes turned out to be a disaster, according to other analyses. The previous code with its loopholes was designed to direct private investment in productive ways, to provide incentives for this. Following the "simplifications", this accelerated the financialisation of the economy, the diversion of funds away from productive activities to the "making money on money", on milking enterprises, on shifting production off-shore and so on. The truth is that state direction for economic development is far superior than having "the market" decide - despite the massive propaganda to the contrary which in my opinion has caused a massive belief in that propaganda to the detriment of all.

That's true. First they let non-White males vote. Then they let (horrors) women vote.

If politicians didn't have to pander to non-Whites and to women, think of how much better the country would be.

As long as there are Humans governing other Humans, then some will be abused to fulfill the "self-interest" of others. "Self-interest" being what I call greed, since the degree to which it is pursued is entirely unnecessary, unethical, and wrong.

All people should have rights, and also responsibilities to go along with those rights. That is the only way to have a self-sustaining society.

All people should have the assurance of a basic quality of life. Food, water, shelter, medical care, and access to education -should- be entitlements. For everybody.

Hard work, public service, and exercise of democracy (voting) should be responsibilities.

As long as there are some who fulfill their responsibilities, yet do not have that standard quality of life, then resources -should- be redistributed to bring society closer to balance.

The problem is that excess is pursued, and power is left unchecked, and as a result the weaker individuals in a society are victimized for the even greater benefit of the powerful few. That is inhumane. It should be corrected.

This is just what I believe. But, then again, I also believe that if I had the absolute power of monarchy over the entire world, I would use it like a bloodthirsty tyrant. Kind of like Leto II, God Emperor of Dune, only cuter.

Because power corrupts, etc... And greed is as much a symptom of success as it is a cause of it.

[quote="xenon13]Extreme exploitation of far greater numbers of people is by far a greater evil than dispossessing absentee landlords.[/quote]

Agreed, roll out the guillotine.

The problem with this country is there are too many selfish, ignorant, greedy, and irresponsible people, and now all of their lavish lifestyles, self-indulgences, short-sightedness, and lack of morals, and ethics is coming back to bite them. It's not just the government, and corporations, it's people everywhere.

Everything and everyone in our lives is interconnected, and every wrong decision, selfish act, etc. will eventually come full circle, and come back to haunt us one way or another. People are now starting to see this.